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...even Bingham admits the DMCA may have "trampled on" a very important part of copyright law: fair use. You have the right to lend or copy parts of any paper-and-glue book you own, but you can't do the same with an e-book without the express permission of the publisher. This is one reason, e-book veterans say, that the industry has been slow to take off. Reading on a screen is a hassle anyway; why put up with all the extra legal barriers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Throwing The E-Book At Him | 8/13/2001 | See Source »

...predominantly white communities." Annette Schley, a college administrator who lives in Bellevue, a wealthy, white Seattle suburb, joined Jack and Jill after noticing that her son Justin was uncomfortable at church around other black children. Many members hope the group's mix of socializing and community service will help glue their kids to their people...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Twist On Jack And Jill | 7/2/2001 | See Source »

Foreign graduates of U.S. law schools are especially prized by recruiters because they're often multilingual and bring special knowledge of their countries and regions. Says Lewis: "They're the glue that helps us stay together as a global firm...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: U.S. Law Becomes The Global Standard | 6/11/2001 | See Source »

...years old and my parents went to bed two hours ago. I hunch over my dimly lit desk and squint as I pull tiny gun turrets from the sprues of a plastic-parts tree. My room smells of Testor's model glue. I will eventually get so delirious from inhaling the fumes and struggling to assemble this 1/700-scale model of the aircraft carrier Akagi that I will pass out at my desk...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Japanese Model | 4/30/2001 | See Source »

...both groups is Babay na sa, or Bye-bye to daddy. In all, there are 52,000 mixed-race children nationwide, most the unwanted offspring of Western men and Filipina prostitutes. Some, like 16-year-old Robert, live on the streets, surviving on handouts and sniffs of mind-numbing glue. "They are born in shame," says Agnes Espiritu, a women's and child-rights activist based in Angeles City, home to what was once Clark Air Force Base, one of the the U.S.'s largest facilities in Asia before being returned to the Philippines in 1991. "They can't hide...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Forgotten Angels | 4/23/2001 | See Source »

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